冊

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See also: 册 and 𠕁
冊 U+518A, 冊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-518A
← 冉
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 冋 →

Translingual

Han character

冊 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 月廿 (BT) or 難月廿 (XBT), four-corner 77440, composition ⿻冂卄 or ⿻𦉫一)

  1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №44

Derived characters

Related characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 129, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1515
  • Dae Jaweon: page 289, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 99, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+518A

Chinese

trad. 冊/册
simp. 册
alternative forms 𠕁
𠕋
Wikipedia has articles on:

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冊
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
Oracle bone script

j04541

j04542

j04543

j04544

j04545

j04546

j04547

j04548

j04549

j04550

Bronze inscriptions

b02679

b02680

b02681

b02682

b02683

b02684

b02685

b02686

b02687

b02688

b02689

b02690

b02691

b02692

b02693

b02694

b02695

b02696

b02697

b02698

b02699

b02700

b02701

b02702

b02703

b02704

b02705

b02706

b02707

b02708

b02709

b02710

b02711

b02712

b02713

b02714

b02715

b02716

b02717

b02718

b02719

b02720

b02721

b02722

b02723

b02724

b02725

b02726

b02727

b02728

b02729

b02730

b02731

b02732

b02733

b02734

Transcribed ancient scripts

L38181

L38182

L38183

L27838

L27839

L27841

L27842

L27843

L27844

L27845

L27846

L27847

L27848

L27849

L27850

L27851

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (冊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
栅 *sʰraːɡ, *sʰreːɡ, *sraːns
冊 *sʰreːɡ
笧 *sʰreːɡ

Pictogram (象形) – bamboo slips strung together.

冊: bamboo slips strung together

Pronunciation

Note:
  • cháik - literary;
  • cháh - vernacular.
Note:
  • chheh/chheeh - vernacular (“book; to organize and stack neatly”);
  • chhek/chhiak - literary.
Rime
Character 冊
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 初 (19)
Final (韻) 耕 (119)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 楚革切
Baxter tsrheak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ʃʰˠɛk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚæk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ʃʰɐk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈ͡ʂʰəɨjk̚/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ʃʰɛk̚/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ʃʰæk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʈ͡ʂʰæk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		che
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cak1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 冊
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		cè
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsrhɛk ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(ˁ)rek/
English tablet, records

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 冊
Reading # 1/1
No. 1167
Phonetic
component 		册
Rime
group 		錫
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		策
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰreːɡ/

Definitions

冊

  1. (literary or Southern Min) book
  2. volume
  3. imperial edict
  4. to grant in an imperial edict
    冊立／册立  ―  cèlì  ―  to hold a coronation ceremony
  5. Classifier for books.
  6. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to organize and stack neatly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 書 (“book”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 書
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 書, 書本 collective, 書籍 collective, 書冊
Mandarin Beijing 書
Taiwan 書
Yantai (Muping) 書
Jinan 書
Luoyang 書
Wanrong 書
Xi'an 書
Yinchuan 書
Lanzhou 書
Xining 書
Ürümqi 書
Wuhan 書
Chengdu 書, 書些 collective
Guiyang 書
Guilin 書
Liuzhou 書
Xuzhou 書
Yangzhou 書, 冊子 euphemistic
Nanjing 書
Hefei 書
Malaysia 書
Singapore 書
Dagudi (Maliba) 書
Reshuitang (Longling) 書
Mae Salong (Lancang) 書
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 書
Cantonese Guangzhou 書
Hong Kong 書
Macau 書
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 書
Taishan 書
Taishan (Guanghai) 書
Dongguan 書
Yangjiang 書
Hepu (Lianzhou) 書
Hepu (Shatian) 書
Beihai 書
Beihai (Nankang) 書
Beihai (Yingpan) 書
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 書
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 書
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 書
Danzhou 書
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 書
Singapore (Guangfu) 書
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 書
Móng Cái 書
Mandalay (Taishan) 書
Gan Nanchang 書
Lichuan 書
Pingxiang 書
Hakka Meixian 書
Yudu 書
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 書
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 書
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 書
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 書
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 書
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 書
Huizhou Jixi 書
Jin Taiyuan 書
Xinzhou 書
Liangcheng 書
Northern Min Jian'ou 書
Songxi 書
Jianyang 書
Eastern Min Fuzhou 書
Changle 書
Lianjiang 書
Fuqing 書
Yongtai 書
Minqing 書
Gutian 書
Pingnan 書
Luoyuan 書
Fu'an 書
Ningde 書
Xiapu 書
Zherong 書
Shouning 書
Zhouning 書
Fuding 書冊, 書
Southern Min Xiamen 冊, 書冊
Quanzhou 冊, 書, 書冊
Jinjiang 冊
Yongchun 冊, 書
Zhangzhou 冊
Zhangpu 冊
New Taipei (Tamsui) 書
New Taipei (Pingxi) 書
Tainan 冊
Tainan (Anping) 冊
Penghu (Xiyu) 書
Penang (Hokkien) 冊
Singapore (Hokkien) 冊
Manila (Hokkien) 冊
Medan (Hokkien) 冊
Longyan 書冊
Zhangping 冊
Zhangping (Yongfu) 冊
Datian 書
Chaozhou 書
Shantou 書, 書冊
Jieyang 書
Haifeng 冊
Bangkok (Teochew) 書
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 書
Hat Yai (Teochew) 書
Singapore (Teochew) 書, 冊
Pontianak (Teochew) 書
Leizhou 冊
Wenchang 冊
Haikou 冊
Singapore (Hainanese) 冊
Puxian Min Putian 冊
Putian (Donghai) 冊
Putian (Jiangkou) 冊
Putian (Nanri) 冊
Xianyou 冊
Xianyou (Fengting) 冊
Xianyou (Youyang) 冊
Central Min Yong'an 書
Shaxian 書
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 書
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 書
Wu Shanghai 書
Shanghai (Chongming) 書
Suzhou 書
Danyang 書
Hangzhou 書
Ningbo 書
Wenzhou 書
Jinhua 書
Xiang Changsha 書
Xiangxiang 書
Loudi 書
Shuangfeng 書

See also

Compounds

Further reading

Japanese

Shinjitai

冊

Kyūjitai

册

Kanji

冊

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 册)

Readings

Counter

冊(さつ) • (-satsu) 

  1. books

References

  1. “冊”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 冊 (MC tsrheak).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᄎᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: chóyk)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 ᄎᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: chóyk) ᄎᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: chóyk)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

冊 (eumhun 책 책 (chaek chaek))

  1. Hanja form? of 책 (“book”).

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

冊: Hán Nôm readings: sách

  1. chữ Hán form of sách (“book”).
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